Owner built PT attachments?

[woodlandfarms]

I would love to see some home built attachments if anyone has time?

 

[BobRip]

Do you want repeats of what has already been shown? I attached a picture of my 2 inch receiver with the approximately 7 foot boom pole in it.

 

[woodlandfarms]

It would be cool to find all the great ideas in one thread as we are such a small part of TBN...

 

[MossRoad]

I would love to see some home built attachments if anyone has time?

I tried to build a grapple for my bucket, but the cylinder was too strong and the bucket not reinforced enough, so it ripped out every time I tried to grab something. So, no pictures for the failed project.

This, however, works well. My $10.00 soil slicer. I works great for edging ball diamonds, slitting sod to make square edges, etc... What's nice is I can just drive forward and run a line where ever I want. I can see where it is going real easy. If the soil is hard, I can make a 1" deep cut, then re-trace it exactly at 2", 3" etc... that's the beauty of the out front attachments. I was going to add a cable puller to the rear of it to pull low voltage lighting cable once the trench is done, but I have not had the need as of yet. Since these pictures were taken I added a 2" receiver hitch to it and use it to move my trailer around if needed. I may end up adding a 2nd 2" receiver pointing down and fasten the plow share to some 2" stock to make it removable.

 

[BobRip]

Let's see what else I have.

 

[MossRoad]

And here is a link to a rather long thread about a backhoe that I am building for the last two years. I just need about 10 straight hours and a couple hundred bucks and I'll have it done. But with the kids being so active, I get no daylight hours in a row to drag it out and finish it.

 

[Gravy]

I'm pretty sure there's a thread about this subject, somewhere back in the dust and spider webs. Maybe somebody can find and resurrect it?

 

[SnowRidge]

Do you want repeats of what has already been shown? I attached a picture of my 2 inch receiver with the approximately 7 foot boom pole in it.

I really like that boom pole and the idea of plugging it into a receiver.

Construction details, please.

 

[BobRip]

I really like that boom pole and the idea of plugging it into a receiver.

Construction details, please.

Basically, I took three 2 inch receiver tubes and welded one to the center of the quick attach plate pointing forward, one pointing up, and one pointing down. I also welded triangles of 1/4 inch steel at the intersections of the receiver tubes. I put a lot of welds around this as the stresses can be pretty high.

 

[SnowRidge]

Basically, I took three 2 inch receiver tubes and welded one to the center of the quick attach plate pointing forward, one pointing up, and one pointing down. I also welded triangles of 1/4 inch steel at the intersections of the receiver tubes. I put a lot of welds around this as the stresses can be pretty high.

Thanks, but I was asking about the boom pole itself.